Re: [PATCH 1/2] ceph: conversion to new fscache API

From: David Howells
Date: Mon Nov 29 2021 - 11:49:03 EST


Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +void ceph_fscache_unregister_inode_cookie(struct ceph_inode_info* ci)
> {
> - return fscache_register_netfs(&ceph_cache_netfs);
> + struct fscache_cookie* cookie = xchg(&ci->fscache, NULL);
> +
> + fscache_relinquish_cookie(cookie, false);
> }

xchg() should be excessive there. This is only called from
ceph_evict_inode(). Also, if you're going to reset the pointer, it might be
worth poisoning it rather than nulling it.

David